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Here's a crazy idea... what if we changed the rules to Jeopardy so that if the buzzer presses are within a 50ms window then randomly select a contestant. I thi
by kenjackson 16y ago
Here's a crazy idea... what if we changed the rules to Jeopardy so that if the buzzer presses are within a 50ms window then randomly select a contestant.
I think this would be a good change for even all human games.
- seanalltogether 16y agoI think that's a great idea, allow for different pools of time after the buzzer, 0-50ms, 50-100ms, etc and if you end up in the same pool as another player there is a random draw for who gets to answer first.
- JeffL 16y agoSeems to me they should let people click their buzzers as soon as they want to, and then just take whoever clicked first. Having to wait for the question to finish being asked seems like it makes it a lot more random rather than skill-based.
- kellishaver 16y agoIt used to be this way, didn't it? It seems to me I remember people used to often ring in with an answer before Alex was done reading the question.
- camtarn 16y agoAccording to Wikipedia: "Before Trebek's second season, contestants were able to ring in at any time after the clue had been revealed, and a buzzer would sound whenever someone rang in. According to Trebek, the buzzer sound was "distracting to the viewers" and sometimes presented problems, as contestants would inadvertently ring in too soon, or ring in so quickly that by the time he finished reading the clue, the contestant's five-second limit had expired. He also said that, by not allowing anyone to ring in until the clue was finished, home viewers could play along more easily, and faster contestants would be less likely to dominate the game." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!#Ringing_in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!#Ringing_in